Pastry-making apparatus.



E. H. LANIER. PASTRY MAKING'APPARMUS.

APPLICATION FILtU uhu. l0` |908.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

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PASTRY MAKING APPARATUS.

APPLxcATloN FILED Dic. 1o. 190B.

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31 monto/a UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

H. LANIEB, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PAs'rnY-MAxme ArPAnA'TUs.

Patented Feb.'2`6, 1918.

Application tiled December 10, 1908. lSerial No. 466,868.

To all whom it may concern.' 1

H. LANmR, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Cincinnati -inthe county of Hamilton and State of hio, have invented certam new anduseful Im rovements in Pastry-Making Apparatus, o which the following 41s a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of that class of pastry which isin the form of cones intended for ices and other purposes, and to thisend it consists of an apparatus in which I make use of two series ofmolds or dies, one. with'cones and the other with corresponding sockets,and means whereby the cones are coated and the two parts then brought toether and heated and then separated and e baked material detached, andin certain details of construction hereinafter an panying drawings, inwhich:

and means of o eration, all as fully set forth d) as illustrated in theaccom.-

lgure 1 is a side view of an apparatus embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 -a plan view;

Fig. 3.an enlarged longitudinal section at one'endof the apparatus; Fig.4 a transverse section 'llustrating the construction'of the male andfemale dies or carriers;

Fig. 5 a' plan of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 a perspective view of part of the apparatus;

Fig. 7 a transverse section illustrating a somewhat differentarrangement of. parts from that shown in Fig. 4, togetherwith 1n whichitAis desired to moldandl bake t e certain detaching means; Fig. 8 atransverse vsection on the line 8 8, Fig. 7

Fig. 9 an enlarged sectional view on the line 9 9, Fig. 2;

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Figs. 114 and 12 diagrams illustratingmodications.

In the manufacture of hollow cones of pastry or like material I makeuse'of a'plurali'ty Ofpairs of dies, or carriers, as-I prefer t gallthem, one of which, A, Fig. 4, suports a plurality of cones 2,2 of thesha pastry, and the other, B, isiprovided with a series of sockets eachadapted to receive one of the cones of the carrier A, so that andmaintain them in contact able heater K, consisting of a coil of steamFig. 10 a sectional view illustrating a deinner-track, and wil be' a thetwo members constitute in fact male and 55 female dies. Series of pairsof like carriers are oplerated upon together in such manner that t econes after being dipped into a batter will be brought into the socketsof the other carriers, and, while the two sets of 6c carriers are thustogether, will be heated to bake .the material', after which thecarriers of the two-.sets are successively separated and the bakedmaterial removed from'the cones.

In carrying out these operationsthe carriers may be operated upon indiferentways. For instance, as indicated by the diagram 11, the malecarriers or cone carriers may 'f be lided back and forth upon a pairl of'l0 trac s C, and the female or socketed carriers may be guided back andforth upon a pair of tracks A receptacle D may be so arranged at eachend that it may be moved to an the cones thereof, and the tracks of thetwo Sets of carriers are so constructed as to brin them together aftersuch coatin is effected ve a suitpi es or` perforated gas pi es, or ofanyot er suitable character, an after the carriers have been suiicientlyheated they are separated by the defiection of the tracks. In theconstruction shown in Fig. 11, the carriers after bein separated arepassed to the opposite e'nd o the machine; the material is removed fromthe cones by hand, if necessary, and the'latter are again coated .andmoved in a reverse direction.- In the case supposed the carriers arepushed forward. in contact with each other but are not necessarilyconnected, although preferably they are formed into a chain,being-linked together.

95 In the construction shown in Fig. 12 the ntwo tracks C, E are eachcontinuous and so, i

formed that the cone carriers will travel" upon the outer track parallelto thewinner track for a part f the length of the outer 100 track, butthe outer track extends beyond the inner track so that the cone 'andsocketed carriers will be separated as the cone carriers -are carried beond the limits of the in brought to- 1.05. gather below the inner tracafter the cone carriers are coated. To effect such coalg the outertrackmay be dipped or defi from the cone'carriers so as to coat 175downward to a slight extent above the paste or batter receptacle D sothat the cones are introduced into the said receptacle for a time andthen lifted out. In the illustration in Figs. 11 and 12 the tracks aresup 'osed to be Vcontinuous grooves in suitable si e rails, and thecarriers of each series ma be loosely in contact, or, preferably, chainetogether.

A preferable construction for many pur-` poses is illustrated in theremaining figures of the drawings in which the substantially horizontalortions of the tracks consist of rails C, while the curved connectinportions are formed inthe shape of rotata le guides consisting of disksF with recesses y to receive the ends of the carriers, the series ofcone carriers being linked together. 4In this construction the rails C,C for the cone carriers are arranged outside of the rails or guides E, Efor the socketed carriers, as best shown in Fi 4, and the rails Eterminate at a. point s, ig. 3, where the cone carriers are received inthe notches of the disks H hereinafter more particularly referred to. Toreduce friction the diiferent carriers are provided with anti-frictionrollers 3, which run upon the rails.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the series of cone carriers are guided u onthe substantall parallel rails C, C an by the rotatable e disks F, F,and at the desired. point geutlween the two pairs of guide disks F, Fare arranged the guide disks H upon a drive "shaft 4, and as a result ofthis construction the cone carriers will be carried around the "disks atthe left of Fig. 1 and upon the bottom rails C, C to the disks H wherethey will be .met by-the socketed carriers, the cones being vintroducedinto the sockets of said carriers and the two series of carriers beingthen'carried. together along the bottom rails C, and-together around thedisks F at the r' ht, and together upon the-upper, guide railsl, E,until they are above the shaft 4 of the disks H. YAt this point therails E terminate so that the socketed carriers may pass from theserails E onto the peripheries of the disks H being. received in therecesses rial adh a5 ward the guide tracks4 C-between the points beyondrails, as before descri` y, thereof, and bein thus guided to travel 1n acircle downwar to meet the cone carriers that are travellielg u on thelower I I .desired where the carriers are not connected b links asuitable guard I may be arrange to hold the carriers B in 4the'reeessesy until said' carriers are .directly above the cone carriers. In orderto properly free the cones from the sockets as the socketed carriers Bon the guide disks are separated from the u per cone carriers it is bestto elevate t e tracks C slightly ata point beyond the disks H, as'bestshown 1n Fig.l 3, and in order that the cones maybe roperly coatedwith the batter I prefer. to eflect or bend down- 5, 6 Fig. 3, adjacentto the batter receptaclel .brought by the disks H to contactingposition, Iprefer to form anupward bend in the outer tracks C at thepoint 7, Fig. 3.

Beyond the point where the two series of carriers are brought together Iarrange suitable heating means, as for instance a series of erforatedgas pipes 8, the flame of which is irected upon both sets of carriers soas to heat the same as they travel toward the right in Figs. 1 and 2,and a second series of perforated gas pipes 9 may be arranged above thefirst so as to heat the carriers as the pass from the guide disks F atthe rig t toward the guide disks H, and also from the left toward thedisks H.

To insure the proper molding of the material it is best to bring the twosets of carriers together under more or less pres-v sure. This may bedone in different ways, .but 1n the construction shown I support abearing rail J by pivoted arms 10 at each side of the machine above thelower .track C between the disks F, H,4 in such position .ing iscompleted. Preferably in order to insure that they may remainin..-contact with the cones the latter have slight notches c, Fig. 4, intheir peripheries which is `sufficient toinsure the desired adhesion.

As the materialV will thusadhere to the cones when the latter arewithdrawn from the sockets of the carriers B, it .becomes necessary todetach the same before the cones are again introduced into the batter,and to i 4this end I connect each cone to a sliding rod 12, sliding inthe carrier A and 'normally carried in one direction by a spring 13bearing upon a button or head 14 on the rod, and on the carrier so as tonormally maintain the base of the cone in contact with the carrier..After the cones leave the sockets the carriers A are brought beneath across bar or other suitable actuating device K, whereby the rods aredepressed and as thus de ressed the upper portlons of the conesfwill ebrought to a plane so as to pass beneath certain horizontal lingers 15 uon standards 16, andas the rods pass from are elevated by the springs13', and the mateto the cones and which exthe latter (in consequence oft0 the frame, and as the carriers `travel forgers 15 and held so thatthe cones can separate therefrom, the bakedmaterial then falling into asuitable chute L, by which it may be directed into any desiredreceptacle. To more efectually insure the separation of the materialfrom the cones, 1n consequence of the adhesion afforded by the recessesfv, I may rotate the cones by rotating the rods or stems 13. One meansof doing vthis is illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 where the rods areshown as provided with meshing pinions 17, and the end pinion is broughtat the proper time against the stationary rack 18 secured ward thepinions are rotated andthe cones also are rotated thi/s operation be'efected of course after the cones havlefleft the sockets of the B andseparation of the material from the cones inasmuch, as before described,as the batter extends betweenthe dierent cones and prevents the materialfrom turning when the cones are rotated. In some instances it is notlnecessa to thus rotate the cones in which case e construction may be astrated inY 7 and 8, and in order to more efectuall orce away cones an onthe carrler A, I may perforate the latter for the passage of pushers,shown in the form of pins 19, 19 secured to a crossbar 20, connectedwith all of the-pins or stems 13, and on the depression of the crossvthe carrier and from the cones andl also into bar 20 the pins 19 areforced through the` carrier A, against the material that has been baked,in contact with the said carrier so as to force shells of baked materialaway from position to be carried beneath the lingers 15 1n case thelatter are also used in this connection. 4

In Fig. 10 I have shown the arrangement where both the fingers 15 andthe rotating cones are employed. I have found it better l to make theactuating device K in the form lof a rod 22, upon which loosely rotatesa corrugated sleeve 23, the opening in which is greaterin diameter thanthe rod and which Iwill properly engage the knobs 14 at the ends of thestems 13 and rods 19 and insure the depression of the latter withoutacting too positively.- v

It will be evident that the carriers may be dilferently constructed andguided and that each carrier may have any desired number ofcones orfsockets, and that. they may be propelled one after the other whetherin contact or linked together, or independently by dii'erent means.

In order to properly grease the molds I, make use of lubricatingapparatus arranged between the disks H and the receptacle or pan D. Asshown a shaft 30, adjacent to the disks H, carries a series of disks ofcloth or provided with a pluralit the material on the felt or othersuitable material which rotate ingreasein a pan31, and theshaftzloisdriven from the shaft 4 so as torotate the roll and lubricate the femalemolds, the shaft 4 being driven from a motor M or in any other suitablemanner. There is also a cylindrical se roller 32 upon a shaft 33 drivenfrom t e shaft 30 and in contact with which the cones are successivelybrought so as to be roperly lubricated.

he shaft 33 is perforated and communicates at the end with a grease tankX, from which a supply passes to the roller- 32 in suiicient quantity toproperly lubricate the cones. The roller 32 1s preferably lmade ofcloth. Preferably the roller on the shaft 30 has nipples adapted toenter the molds.

If desired the vertical movements may be imparted to the cross bar 20 bymeans of side tracks 50, Fig. 12,A into whichrollers at the ends of thecross bar extend, said track bent as required to carry the carrier.

tion and arrangement shown, I claim: p 1.- In a pastry molding apparatusthe combination of a plurality of carriers each of cones, means orapplying batter in a 'quid condition to said cones, a plurality ofhaving sockets therein, and means for the 'carriers in courses to bringthe cones into and then out of the sockets.

2. In a pastry molding apparatus the combination of a plurality ofcarriers rovided with a plurality of cones, means or applying batter ina liquid condition to said cones, a plurality ofcarriers having socketstherem, and means for directing the carriers in continuous courses tobring the cones into and then out of the sockets.

' 3. A pastry molding and machinethebar20toandfrom- Without limitingmyself to the construcin which are combined' two series o carriers,

one provided with cones and the other with corresponding socketsconstructed to mold a series of independent articles, means for applyingbatter in a liquid condition to t e cones, means for conducting thecarriers to each other and movin them to ther, means for baking thebatter tween e cones and sockets, and means for thereafter separatingthe cones and sockets.

4. The combination in a pastry molding machine, of a connected series ofcarriers provided with cones,: another connected series of carriersprovided with sockets, means for applying batter in a li uid conditionto the cones, and guides p y parallel and partly diverging, arranged todirect the carriers toward each other and to bringithe cones into thesockets, maintain this relation for a defined distance, and Ythen sepa'rate trllllelam. b l` 5. e com ination in a pastry mo dmg' machine, of aconnected series of carriers i machine of two' l series of travehngcary.

. together, means for baking thebatter bescribed being automaticallg'provided with cones, another connected series of carriers provided withsockets, means for applying batter in a liquid condition to the cones,guides partly parallel and artl diverging arranged to direct the carrirettyiward each other and to bring the cones intov the sockets, maintainthis relation l for a delined distance and then separate them, and meansfor positively driving the carriers.

' 6. The combination in a pastry moldin riers provided respectively withcones and sockets, a batter pan, means for causing the cones to becoated with batter from the pan, means for guiding the `socketedcarriers to introduce the coated cones vinto the sockets and conductthetwo carriers together, and means fior then separating the carriers.

7. The combination in a pastry molding and baking machine of two seriesof traveling carriers provided respectively with 'cones andsockets, abatter. pan, means for guiding the cones over the pan and causing themto receive coatings of batter therefrom, means for guiding' the socketedcarriers to introduce the coated cones into the .sockets and conduct thetwo `carriers together, means for heating the carriers while together tobake the batter between the sockets and cones, and meansffor thenseparat' the carriers y 8. eV combination in a pastry `moldingl andbaking machine of two series of trave ing carriers #providedrespectively with` cones and sockets, a batter pan, means for ca thecones to be coated with batter from e pan, means or guiding the socketedcarriers to introduce thecoated cones into the sockets and conduct thetwo carriers tween the sockets and cones:1 means ftr then se thecarriers, an positive y actinlgamliigfor, separating the baked materialfrom the carriers. i

9. In an apparatus for' the purpose dethe combination of areceptacle forliquid batter, connected to move successivel past said receptacle, aplurality of "eted carriers means for movingboth sets of carriers andcausin the cones to receive coa of liquid atter from H said receptaclean positio each coated cone in a socket, and means or baking the 4batteron the cones within the sockets, the cones and sockets separated afterthe baking operation an thebaked articles discharged therefrom.

1 0.'In an apparatus forlthe pdrpose dethe combination of areceptaclefor a plurality of cone carriersmeans `for baking the batter on thecones within the sockets, means for moving vthe cones into andfrom thebatter receptacle and engaging and disengagin the coated cones andsockets, and means or positively detaching the baked articles from thecones.

1,1. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of areceptacle for liquid batter, a plurality of cones ada ted to besimultaneously inserted into sai recebtacle to be coated b the batter, aplura ity of sockets each a apted to receive one of the coated cones,means for baking the batter on the cones within the lsockets, means formoving the cones into and from the bat- .ter receptacle and engaging and'disengaging the coated cones and sockets, and means adapted to detachthe baked articles Vfrom the cones by contact with sai'd articles.

12.k In an apparatus for the purpose de? lscribed, the combination of areceptacle for liquid batter, a plurality of socketed carriers connectedto move together, and a plurality of cones connected to move togetherand adapted to successively enter, move with and be separated from saidcarriers, the batter receptacle being positioned so that each cone willbe moved into and from the same during its travel while disengaged fromsaid carrier.

13. The combination with two seriesof trave carriers having cones andsockets as descri d, of means for greasing the cones and sockets, meansfor depositing batter on the cones, means forv then directing theconesinto the sockets, means for heating the carriers,and means forthereafter separating them. E

14. The combination with the traveling cone carriers and socketedcarriers of a pastry molding machine, of means for applying batter in aliquid condition to the cones, means for bringing the carriers togetherand separating' them, and means for Aapplying pressure to force thecones into the sockets.

15. The combination with the traveling cone carriers and socketedcarriers 4of a pastry molding machine, of means for applying `batter inaliquid condition to the cones,

means for brin ng the carriers .together and separating t em,`and meansfor applying a yielding pressure to `force the cones into the sockets.

16. The combination with means for coni veying a series of socketedcarriers in a horizontal limited path and for then deflecting the samefrom said ath, of guides for a series of carriers provi ed with conesconiso rier, slidin rods to which said cones are connected, an v meansfor moving said rods vertically. for the purpose set forth.

18. The combination inta pastry molding Iand baking apparatus with acone carrier,

of cones, a r connected with each cone, springs for lifting the cones tobring their bases against the carrier, and means for slidand bakingapparatus with a series of trav- 'eling carriers, of cones carriedthereby, rods connected to the cones, means for depressing said rods tocarry the cones from the carriers, and fingers arranged between thepaths of the different cones for the purpose described.

21. The combination in a pastry molding and baking apparatus with a conecarrier,

of cones, a rod connected with each cone, springs for lifting the conesto bring their basesl against the carrier, and a cross roller fordepressing the rods.

22. The combination in a pastry molding and baking apparatus with a conecarrier, of independent cones, a rod connected with each cone, springsfor lifting the cones to bring their `bases against the carrier, and astationary 'cross bar and loose corrugated sleeve thereon for engagingand depressing said rods.

23.- The combination in a pastry molding and baking apparatus of a conecarrier, a series of cones carried thereby, means for rotating saidcones, and means for carrying the cones away from and to the carrier.

ingcarriers, and cones rotatable on said carriers, of means for rotatingsaid cones as the carriers travel.

27. The combination of a'series `of traveln ing carriers and conescarried thereb means for applying batter in a liquid con 'tion to thecones to form hollow shells, independent pusher pins,l and mea-iisopposite which the carriers travel lfor operating the pins to bringlthemagain' st the material on the cones, for t e purpose set forth.

28. In a lmachine for making cone-shaped cakes,cup wafers and the like,a series of male and female dies between which the cones are baked incombination with means for turning the male dies during the bakingoperation to loosen the baked cones between the dies.

29. In a device for-moldin ybaking hollow pastry cones, a series o conicmolds, a series of conic cores adapted to enter the molds so as to molda pastry cone between each mold and core, means for applying bakingheatpto said molds, and means for imparting a rotary movement to all thecores simultaneously, lto loosen them from the sticking to the pastrycaused by the baking heat, preparatory to withdrawing the cores from thebaked pastry.

30. In-a machineof the kinddescribed, the combination of two series ofmold bars having a plurality of coperating inold parts, the mold partsof each bar of one series being mounted for simultaneous movement inrespect to the bar which carries them to thereby loosen the saine fromthe article formed inthe mold, and a baking device cooperating with themolds.

31. A machine for forming hollow pastry articles comprising incombination a series of molds, a series of cones each adapted to bereceived in one of the molds, means for moving the molds and cones sothat each of the latter will be automatically inserted in a moldretained therein for a time and then withdrawn, means for coating thecones with batter while separated from the molds, and.

means for baking the batter on the cones within the molds. In testimonywhereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses. EDWARD H.LANIER.-

Witnesses: v

Fiumi K. Dinissnacn, Jos. E.

